PSY341H5 Chapter Notes -Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Dsm-Iv Codes, Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Externalizing problems denotes problems that tend to place young people in conflict with others: other terms used to describe these types of problems: disruptive, impulsive, under-controlled, oppositional, antisocial, conduct-disordered, and delinquent. Conduct problems refers to the general group of disruptive/antisocial behavior problems. Conduct disorder and disruptive behavior disorder are used to refer to the particular diagnostic grouping that addresses these kinds of difficulties. Delinquency is primarily a legal term used in the criminal justice system to describe youth who exhibit conduct problem/antisocial behavior. As a legal term, it refers to a juvenile (usually under 18) who has committed an index crime or a status offense: status offense is an act that is illegal for only juveniles (truancy, association with immoral persons, Index crime is an act that would be illegal for adults as well as for juveniles (theft, rape, murder) violation of curfews, or incorrigibility) Disruptive behaviors are common at various stages of development.
